René-Jean CLOT (1913-1997) - Maurice MAETERLINCK The... Lot 229

René-Jean CLOT (1913-1997) - Maurice MAETERLINCK The Treasure of the Humble Paris. Mercure de France, s. d. [1927] Pet. in 8°. (dé) - Paperback. Edition on publisher's paper, decorated with a fine original watercolor by René Jean Clot, on the title page. This watercolor (cage of birds, in front of a half-open window) is signed with the monogram C. de P. J. Clot; It is placed opposite a handwritten poem (4 quatrains), in blue ink, monogrammed C (P. J. Clot), illustrated by the watercolor: "Juillet. The sun plays at the shutters. Among the closed room, objects fall asleep... Provenance: Lucienne Cournut, painter. Lucienne Cournut and René-Jean Clot exchanged letters during his stay in Algeria. Then through Lucienne Cournut's descendants.